Milton McDonald

Mike Milton McDonald is a session guitarist1 He has played with Patricia Kaas Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe Spice Girls S Club 7 Ray Davies Take That Robert Palmer M People Louise Mick Jagger Tina Turner Atomic Kitten HearSay Mylène Farmer and Girls Aloud McDonald also played for All Saints Rick Astley Jon Anderson Bryan Adams Blue BWitched Gary Barlow Bb Mak Beverley Knight Jocelyn Brown Boyzone Victoria Beckham Bellefire Ed Case Alice Cooper Drizabone Eternal Five Eddie Floyd Gabrielle Gareth Gates Geri Halliwell Gianna Nannini Italy Deni Hines Steve Harley innosense Brian Kennedy Chaka Khan Ronan Keating Liberty X Lulu Martine Mccutcheon Mel C Melissa Mars 911 Billy Ocean Alexander ONeal Mica Paris Billie Piper Roachford Skin Skunk Anansie Lucie Silvas Sugababes 3 Blind Mice Westlife Bill Wyman Wet Wet Wet Yes Will Young Eikichi Yazawa and Kumiko Yamashita Mike Milton McDonaldMilton because he came from Milton Keynes was a member of The Boomerang Gang who appeared on the London scene in 1984 McDonald left the band in late 1986 He was the second guitarist to Yes offshoot Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe both on their studio album and on tour He has subsequently continued with a life of session work often working with UK pop producers Absolute McDonald toured with British pop act Take That between 1992 until their split in 1996 then played for a variety of British European and Japanese artists before rejoining Take That for their sellout Ultimate Tour in 2006 and subsequent tours In 2009 he appeared on Ray Davies album The Kinks Choral Collection and featured in the house band for Children In Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall playing guitar for Shirley Bassey Dizzee Rascal Annie Lennox Paolo Nutini Take That Leona Lewis and Robbie Williams Milton McDonald replaced Rob Harris guitarist for Jamiroquai for a concert in Almaty Kazakhstan on 15 September 2012 Milton played guitar for the finale of the Radio 2 Festival in a day concert alongside Jeff Lynnes ELO Richard Tandy Mike Stevens and the BBC Concert Orchestra on Sunday 14 September 2014 Together with his wife Melanie LewisMcDonald he is a touring member of Jeff Lynnes ELO as backing vocals and guitar